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The following stories highlight something amiss with the Louisville Metro Police Department.  The allegations and concerns are serious, and I would suspect this story is only the tip of the legal iceberg as potential legal actions are brewing against the officer and others concerned.

Tiffany Washington had just finished classes at University of Louisville in late April 2008 when she returned to her townhouse apartment near campus to find an urgent message from her father telling her to call him.

For weeks, Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Jason Butler tried everything he could think of to get Louisville Police Detective Crystal Marlowe to turn over the evidence he needed to prosecute Robert Mitchem, the man she said robbed two people at gunpoint.

During the past two years, a Louisville Metro police detective has accused at least a dozen defendants ? many of them juveniles ? of crimes they did not commit Courtroom video in which judge calls LMPD seeking evidence U of L student dragged through legal system for crime she didn't commit Police missed clues in problematic court cases Special Report: Officer absent: Case dismissed

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